Series Business
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Rob Bonta on Paramount’s Trial Gamble: ‘We’re Not Talking Settlement’
California’s AG tells me: ‘We’re not going to have oligarchs or kings in the economy’
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Jeff Zucker on the Biggest Studio You’re Overlooking: ‘We’ll Take Them By Surprise’
After merging Banijay and All3Media into the world’s largest indie producer, he hints at what else is on his shopping list
Latest Series Business stories
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Britney Spears is Liz Meriwether’s Latest Genre Turn. But First: Serial Killers
The ‘Furious’ showrunner on what drew her to the pop star’s story and her refusal to paint women as ‘perfect victims’
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TV’s New Development Money: Brands
As studios pull back, onetime advertisers shift into scripted — paying ‘top-tier’ writers and opening a new path to production
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TV in 3: Hard Numbers on Netflix’s Sophomore Slump Tell a Tough Story
The new data drop reveals the streamer can launch hits, but franchises are harder. Plus: a silver lining in limited series
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Netflix’s Battle Over Binge: ‘It’s Forcing a Reckoning’
Industry opinions split as Ted Sarandos sticks by his ‘core tenet’ and ‘engagement’ becomes the word of the day
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Paramount Under Siege: States Go for the Kill & the California ‘Bluff’
I talk to antitrust pros about the AGs’ ‘strong’ suit as insiders assess the actual threat of the studios leaving L.A.
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TV in 3: Netflix Engagement Blame Game; NBCU Split Divides Execs
Plus: Peter Friedlander’s Amazon exec shuffle & who’ll helm Netflix’s ‘Nemesis’ after its co-creator’s exit for Apple TV
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‘A Colony of America’: How British TV Is Falling Into U.S. Hands
Comcast’s Sky-ITV swoop leaves just two big U.K. broadcasters in local control as survival against Netflix and YouTube might mean giving up oversight of national airwaves
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HBO’s Emmy Reign Is About to Face Its M&A Reckoning
The coming wave of mergers could reshape the noms leaderboard for good as overall submissions hit a low
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‘Lost’ Producer: I Gave L.A. 33 Years. Now I’m Leaving — Here’s Why
An Emmy winner’s new chapter, even as ‘the 7-year-old boy’ with dreams ‘hates 56-year-old me for making this choice’
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Zoloft to Instagram: How Laid-Off Veterans Are Finding a Way Forward
‘Stunned’ workers impacted by cuts at Disney, WBD and Paramount share shock, hope and advice for the next chapter
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Anne Rice, Zombies — and Netflix? AMC’s Plan to Outlast the Streaming Giants
Dan McDermott on a premium-for-adults strategy that works, Walking Dead plans and (scoop!) a new A24 sports show
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Save Our Sets: A Microdrama Lifeline Arrives — With Jobs
Sunset Las Palmas is betting that vertical series — billionaires, werewolves, steamy bedrooms and all — can help fill the hole
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TV in 3: Mindy Kaling’s Slow Start Tests Hulu, Peacock’s World Cup Win
Plus: Paramount-WBD form a Harry Potter pact early
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Amazon’s Elle Woods YA Bet — and the Tricks to Make a Prequel Work
I talk to co-showrunner Caroline Dries about creating the ‘Legally Blonde’ series as Prime Video’s thirst for the genre accelerates
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Sellers’ Guide: Peter Friedlander’s Amazon MGM Reset — and What He Wants Now
I have the revamped wish list at the studio and its Prime Video streamer, now ‘an active straight-to-series buyer’
Series Business’ Elaine Low, Lesley Goldberg and Manori Ravindran report on the TV industry’s big names and bigger shifts — tracking the deals and decisions redefining a market.